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Our North East Space Skills and Technology Centre will be a state of the art £50M facility developed by Northumbria, with investment from the UK Space Agency and the space and satellite division of industry giant Lockheed Martin. NESST will house world-leading space experts and unite industry with academia, to transform the UK space economy. We are ready to collaborate with you on innovative research, technological developments, and in-demand skills provision.



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Times Modern University of Year News

19 Sep 2024

The Times and The Sunday Times name Northumbria ‘Modern University of...

Northumbria University has once again been recogni...

magnetic waves from the solar corona are visisble News

03 Oct 2024

First successful routine measurements of Sun’s magnetic field in the c...

A team of scientists have successfully carried out...

Dr Julia Stawarz News

30 Sep 2024

Northumbria academic receives prestigious award for space research

A Northumbria University space researcher has rece...

NESST vision achieves regional business recognition for Pro-Vice-Chancellor News

19 Aug 2024

NESST vision achieves regional business recognition for Pro-Vice-Chanc...

Judges at the North East Business Awards have name...

Dr Kirsty Lindsay News

02 Jul 2024

Volunteers to play their part in improving astronaut health

Visitors to Newcastle’s Life Science Centre will h...

Jupiter News

24 Jun 2024

Telescope reveals unexpected activity above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

It is Jupiter’s most recognisable feature – a stor...

Dr Steph Yardley News

27 May 2024

Mystery of ‘slow’ solar wind unveiled by Solar Orbiter mission

Scientists have come a step closer to identifying...

Image of earth in space. Shutterstock/ixpert News

17 Apr 2024

EXPERT COMMENT: The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Eart...

In this article originally written for The Convers...

the planet Saturn News

20 Mar 2024

Telescope to provide insight into Solar System lightshows

A Planetary Astronomer who has spent more than two...

a headshot image of Andy Smith smiling at the camera with an image of the sun in the background News

12 Jan 2024

Solar physicist honoured by Royal Astronomical Society

A Northumbria University scientist, who is develop...

Luke Hughes Space Health News

13 Dec 2023

Safeguarding the health of astronauts at Northumbria University

Space health experts at Northumbria University hav...

an image of the planet Uranus News

31 Oct 2023

Uranus aurora discovery promises new riches from James Webb Space Tele...

After more than 30 years scientists have finally b...

GK visit News

22 Oct 2023

Northumbria welcomes Secretary of State for Education

The Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon G...

An image of the Earth with satellite debris circling it News

19 Oct 2023

Satellite swarm to provide ‘missing link’ between space weather and sp...

Satellite technology developed by Northumbria Univ...

Dr Juna Sathian pictured sitting down next to a MASER device News

15 Oct 2023

Top award for physicist’s research breakthrough

A Northumbria University academic is part of a tea...


 


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